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the brain becomes congested. When the brain is constantly taxed,
and there is lack of physical exercise, even plain food should be eaten
sparingly. At meal time cast off care and anxious thought; do not feel
hurried, but eat slowly and with cheerfulness, with your heart filled
with gratitude to God for all His blessings.
Testimonies for the Church 2:364
And what influence does over-eating have upon the stomach? It
becomes debilitated, the digestive organs are weakened, and disease,
with all its train of evils, is brought on as the result. If persons were
diseased before, they thus increase the difficulties upon them, and
lessen their vitality every day they live. They call their vital powers
into unnecessary action to take care of the food that they place in their
stomachs.
Testimonies for the Church 2:413
My brother, your brain is benumbed. A man who disposes of the
quantity of food that you do, should be a laboring man. Exercise is
important to digestion, and to a healthy condition of body and mind.
You need physical exercise. You move and act as if you were wooden,
as though you had no elasticity. Healthy, active exercise is what you
need. This will invigorate the mind. Neither study nor violent exercise
should be engaged in immediately after a full meal; this would be a
violation of the laws of the system. Immediately after eating there is
a strong draught upon the nervous energy. The brain force is called
into active exercise to assist the stomach; therefore, when the mind or
body is taxed heavily after eating, the process of digestion is hindered.
The vitality of the system, which is needed to carry on the work in one
direction, is called away and set to work in another.
The Ministry of Healing, 272-273
The lungs should be allowed the greatest freedom possible. Their
capacity is developed by free action; it diminishes if they are cramped
and compressed. Hence the ill effects of the practice so common,
especially in sedentary pursuits, of stooping at one’s work. In this
position it is impossible to breathe deeply. Superficial breathing soon